BETRAYAL AT KRONDOR (Part 1)

                      From Mongoose

                Moredhel chests---wordlocks

ADVICE                        ALCOHOL
Everyone offers this thing.   Today he is there to trip you up,
But few will take it when it  and he will torture you tomorrow.
is offered by someone else.   Yet he is also there to ease the pain,
                              When you are lost in grief and sorrow.
ALPHABET
This marvellous thing,             ARROW
though it sounds absurd,           It flies without wings,
contains all our letters,          Strikes without beak,teeth
but is only a word.                or talons. It has no eyes
                                   in its pointed head,
                                   but it can kill birds in flight.


ASHES
After the final fire,
the winds will blow.                     BUBBLE
and these, which are already dead, will  This sparkling globe
cover the ones who have yet to die.      can float on water,
                                 and weighs not more than a feather.
BARK                             Yet despite its weight ten
Like dogs shouting at the moon,  giants could never pick it up.
or armour worn by the trees.
Like a sharply spoken command,         BROOM
or a tiny vessel upon the seas.        All about the house,
                                       with his lady he dances.
BLOOD                                  Yet he always works,
Moredhel brothers, make it rain,       and never romances.
Kingdom rivers, crimson pain!
                                       BOOK
BARD                                   It is a journey whose path
Who works when he plays,               depends, on another's vision
and plays when he works?               of where it ends.

BRIDGE                                 BRIARS
When it is stout,                      Claws like a cat,
People gladly tread.                   Crooked as a snakes hiss.
When it is thin,                       Patch together your guesses,
People walk in dread.                  You won't guess this.

BUTTON                         BOOK
Flat as a leaf,                Though not a plant, it has leaves.
Round as a ring,               Though not a beast, has spine.
Has two eyes,                  Though many wouldn't need this thing,
But can't see a thing.         It is more valuable than wine.

BOTTLE                                 BREATH
Kingdom soldiers will look like it,    You can see it in winter,
When the headsman gives them a lop,    never in summer.
For then,like it,                      Even though it is as light
they'll have a neck,           as a feather, the mightiest moredhel
But not a head on top.         in the north can't hold it for long.


BARROW                           BULL
Two legs it has,                 In the fields a frightful thing,
and this will confound,          watch it and you will find,
only at rest,                    It has a pitchfork in the front,
Do they touch the ground.        and a broom back behind.

CANDLE                                 CANE
He gets short when he gets old,        Though blind as well,
He goes out then it gets cold.         can lead the blind well.

COALS                                  CARDS
Black when brought.                    Brought to the table.
Red when used.                         Cut and served.
Grey when thrown away.                 Never eaten.

BELL                                   CANDLE
You hear it speak,                     Its orange eye blinks.
For it has a hard tongue,              The burning tears flow.
but it cannot breathe,                 But what its sorrow is,
for it has not a lung.                 none may ever know.

BLADE                            COFFIN
Blessed are the first,           The one who made it,
slow are the second,             didn't want it,
playful are the third,           the one who brought it,
bold are the fourth,             didn't need it.
brave are the fifth.             The one who used it,never saw it.

COLTS                                  CHEST
What has a mare,                       MAGIC
That the cow has not?                  DEATH
                                       TEMPLE
DAY NIGHT                              BLESS
The light one breaks but never falls,  REST
his brother falls but never breaks.    At last you may solve this.

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